Truck.



No. 781,624. PATBNTED JAN. 3l, 1905.

W. J. STERLING.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 7, 19051.

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No. 781,624. PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905. W. J. STERLING.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1904.

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No. 781,624. Patented January 31, 1905'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

II'TILLIAM J. STERLING, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO- lIIIRDS TO A. S. J. GAMAION ANI) C. (l. GRAVES, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,624, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed March 7, 1904. Serial No. 197,048.

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM J. STERLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at No1'- folk, in the county of Norfolk and State of 5 Virginia, have invented certain new and useand plates and tubular corner-posts 4 +I. 50 IVithin the posts i telescopically extend supporting and guiding' rods 5 5, which rods` carry at their upper end a supporting-table (i. '.lhe table (S is formed with a suitable raceway 7,

ful Improvements in Trucks; andIdo hereby l preferably centrally thereof, in which run 55 declare the `following to be a full, clear.l and the rollers S of casters t), carried by a turnexact description of the invention, such as table 10, said turn-table being' retained in will enable others skilled in the art to which l position by any preferred form of pivot IO.

IO it appertains to make and use the same. The table I is preferably provided with suit- This invention relates to improvements in abletracks II Il, adapted to receive the rollers 60 trucks, and particularly to the brick-elevating of brick-carrying' pallets. '.Ihe table G is vertype. tically movable and designed to be moved by The object in view is the provision of means of operating-bars I2 IQ, extending' I5 means, in combination with at1'uckfran1e, for tln'ough guides I3 13, carried by parts of the supporting a building-block or other brick framework I. To the lower end of cach rod 65 and means for facilitating' movement of said 1'2 is pivotally connected a link ist, two rods support in a pluralityv of planes. I2 being' preferably positioned upon each side Vith this and further objects in view the l of the framework I. To the lower end of 2O invention comprises, in combination with a each link I4 is pivotally connected the free truck frame, a support vertically movable end of an arm I5. 70 thereon, means formoving said support, and a VRock -shafts I6 I6 extend transversely supporting-tablehorizontallymovablymountthrough the framework I and at their oppoed upon said vertically-movable support. site ends carry the arms I5 and intermediate It further consists in certain other novel their leng'th carry actuating-arms IT I7. A

constructions, combinations, and arrangey link .IS depends from each arm IT, and said 75 ments of parts, as will be hereinafter fully I links I8 at their lower ends pivotally engage, described and claimed. preferably, a bell-crank lever I9, carried by a In the accompanying drawings, Figure I 1 shaft 20, mounted transverselyY in the framerepresents a perspective view of a truck eml work I. ',lo the lower end of lever I9 is conbodying the features of the presentinvention. l neeted a link 21, said link being pivotally at- 30 Fig'. 2 represents a view in side elevation of tached at itsopposite end to anoperating-lever the same. Fig'. 3 represents a view in end i 22, intermediate the length of said lever. elevation thereof. ',lhe lever is pivotally mounted, as at 2.3 and In the I nick-making' art itis common to emdesigned to be swung vertically for actuating' ploy trucks for conveying' the molded brick the train of power-transmitting elements 85 from the mold to a suitable place for drying', above mentioned. the bricks being' usually supported upon p-.illhe present improved truck is designed to lets, and by the present improved structure be employed in a yard in connection with the 40 I contemplate providing' means for delivering manufacture of laiilding-blocks and adapted bricks,with their pallets, to side-lines of tracks todeliver the blocks from the point of manu- 90 extending' at right angles to the track sup- 'facture to tracks, such as are illustrated at QI, porting' the truck, and this result is attained I extending at right angles to the tracks 3, said by the employment of the elements disclosed tracks QI extending to a suitable point for in the accompanying' drawings, in whichl permitting drying of -the bricks delivered l represents a suitable truck-frameprovided thereto. I'Vhen preparing to deliver a build- 95 with supportingwheels Q Q, adapted to run ing-block from the point of its manufacture, upon tracks 3. Ihe frame l consists of any the truck is moved beneath the block and the suitable angle-bars and other suitable braces free end of lever 22 is swung downwardly,

thus drawing forwardly the links 21, depressing the end of bell-crank lever19 opposite that connected with link 21, and thereby, through the links 18 and arms 17, rocking shaft 16 and swinging arms l5 upward, whereby the links 14 and rods 12 are caused to move longitudinally upward and lift the table 6, the rods guiding said table in its movement. The tracks l1 are thus caused to come in contact with the rollers on the pallets of the building' block or bricks to be conveyed, whereby said block or bricks may be lifted from their former support, and as soon as the truck is free of the brick-making machine the lever 22 may be permitted to move to its former position, thus bringing' the tracks 11 into the same horizontal plane with the tracks 24. The truck is next moved along track 3 until it arrives at the desired track 24, and the table 10 is then swung about until the tracks l1 register with the tracks 24, whereby the pallets may be moved off the table onto said tracks 24.

It will be observed that the table 10 makes possible the delivery of the bricks or building-blocks to the track 24 at an angle to the track 3, so that, if desired, any number of radiating tracks 24 may be provided at a terminus of the track 3 and all of said tracks 24 supplied with brick delivered from the table 10.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

l. In a truck, the combination with a frame and a support movably mounted thereon, of vertically-movable rods engaging said support, rock -shafts journaled in said framework, means for rocking said shafts, and means for imparting movement from said shafts to said vertically-movable rods for elevating and lowering said support.

2. In atruck, the combination with a framework and a support movably mounted thereon, of a shaft mounted in said framework, a lever' carried by v said shaft, links pivotally connected to said lever, rock-shafts actuated by said links, and means actuated by said rockshafts for moving' said support.

3. In a truck, the combination with aframework and a support movably mounted thereon, of rock-shafts journaled in said framework, arms projecting from said rock-shafts, links pivoted to said arms, a bell-crank lever engaging' said links, means for actuating' the said lever, and means actuated by said rockshafts for moving said support.

4. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination with a truck-frame and avertically-movable support thereon, of verticallymovable rods connected with said support, guides for said rods, a link pivoted to the free end of each of said rods, a plurality of rockshafts journaled in said framework, arms carried by said links, arms projecting from said shafts, links depending from said last-mentioned arms, a pivotally-mounted bell-crank lever pivotally engaging said last-mentioned links, an operating-lever outside said framework, and means connecting' said operatinglever' with said bell-crank lever'.

5. In a truck, the combination with a framework and a support movably mounted thereon, of rock-shafts journaled in said framework, a bell-crank lever pivotally carried by the framework, means for actuating said lever, connections between said lever and rockshafts for rocking the said shafts when the lever is actuated, and means actuated by said shafts for moving said support.

6. In atruck, the combination witha framework, a support, and a slidable device on the framework and secured to the support; of rock-shafts jou rnaled in the framework, means for rocking said shafts, and means actuated by the shafts for moving the sliding device and support.

7. In a truck, the combination with a framework, a support movably mounted thereon, and a slidable device connected to the support; of a bell-crank lever pivotally carried by said framework, means for swinging' said lever upon its pivot and connections between said lever and the slidable device for imparting movement to said device when the lever is moved.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I/VILLIAM J. STERLING. Witnesses:

A. S. J. GAMMON, J. LLOYD GORDON. 

